24 August - 27 August 2018
With a history that dates back to 1965, this long running 5-day music festival has been offering up fantastic music in the small village of Towersey. Towersey Festival is a celebration of musical roots and it takes place over the August Bank Holiday weekend providing the perfect end to the summer.
It has developed significantly from the one-day event it was in 1965 and whilst it has folk at its roots it has become more eclectic inviting a wider range of artists from singer-songwriters to poets and acoustic sets to street theatre performers.
There is a children’s festival working into the programme too, to keep younger festival goers interested.
While no line-up has been announced as yet for 2018, 2017's lineup is a good indication of what you can expect and included The Blockheads, KT Tunstall and Newton Faulkner among others.
Line-up has not been announced yet.
outskirts of Thame, Oxford.
There are camping options available for this event.
- honeyfeet
- Richard Thompson Electric Trio
- Forest Of Fools
- Van Susans
- Faustus
- Reg Meuross
- Urban Folk Theory
- Louis Louis Louis
- The Brickwork Lizards
- The Proclaimers
- Thame Pop Choir
- Frumptarn Guggenband
- Daphne's Flight
- Martin Simpson
- William The Conqueror
- The August List
- Soothsayers
- Tickled Pink
- Tankus The Henge
- The Fisherman's Friends
- Frumptarn Guggenband
- Whapweasel
- Chris While and Julie Matthews
- Elemental Joe
- Bella Gaffney & Polly Bolton
- Blackbeard's Tea Party
- The Committee Band
- Blackbeard's Tea Party
- The Shires
- Frumptarn Guggenband
- The Chipolatas
- Imar
- Peter Knight & John Spiers
- A Little Bit Country
- Andy Robbins
- Polkaworks
- Last Chance Ragtime Band
honeyfeet | Venue 65 |
Richard Thompson Electric Trio | Venue 65 |
C.C. Smugglers | Venue 65 |
Sharon Shannon Band | Venue 65 |
Wildwood Kin | Venue 65 |
Billy Watman | Venue 65 |
Forest Of Fools | The Bar Stage |
Van Susans | The Bar Stage |
Prog Floyd | The Bar Stage |
The Boutones | The Bar Stage |
Louis Louis Louis | The Bar Stage |
Ponderosa | The Bar Stage |
John Buckley | The Bar Stage |
Faustus | The Big Club |
Reg Meuross | The Big Club |
Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne | The Big Club |
Whetstone Brinsford Kirkpatrick | The Big Club |
Pon Aelius | The Big Club |
Urban Folk Theory | Festival Dance House |
Louis Louis Louis | Festival Dance House |
Dartmoor Pixie Band | Festival Dance House |
Bristol Ceilidh Quartet | Festival Dance House |
The Brickwork Lizards | Venue 65 |
The Proclaimers | Venue 65 |
Big Country | Venue 65 |
William The Conqueror | Venue 65 |
Pon Aelius | Venue 65 |
Faustus | Venue 65 |
Thame Pop Choir | Market Square |
Frumptarn Guggenband | Market Square |
Daphne's Flight | The Big Club |
Martin Simpson | The Big Club |
Mera Royle | The Big Club |
Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne | The Big Club |
Bella Gaffney & Polly Bolton | The Big Club |
William The Conqueror | The Bar Stage |
The August List | The Bar Stage |
Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne | The Bar Stage |
Moonrakers | The Bar Stage |
Great Western Tears | The Bar Stage |
Wilford Social | The Bar Stage |
2am Band | The Bar Stage |
Soothsayers | Festival Dance House |
Tickled Pink | Festival Dance House |
Whapweasel | Festival Dance House |
Pink Weasel Big Band | Festival Dance House |
Frog on a Bike | Festival Dance House |
Tankus The Henge | Venue 65 |
The Fisherman's Friends | Venue 65 |
Beth Orton | Venue 65 |
Martin Joseph | Venue 65 |
The Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band | Venue 65 |
INLAY | Venue 65 |
Frumptarn Guggenband | Market Square |
Whapweasel | The Big Club |
Chris While and Julie Matthews | The Big Club |
JigDoll Ensemble | The Big Club |
The Rheingans Sisters | The Big Club |
Jim Woodland | The Big Club |
Steve Turner | The Big Club |
The Chipolatas | The Big Club |
Elemental Joe | The Bar Stage |
Bella Gaffney & Polly Bolton | The Bar Stage |
Alice Florence and the Vines | The Bar Stage |
CELTIC HEARTBEAT | The Bar Stage |
The Very Lazy Sundays | The Bar Stage |
Dung Beatles | The Bar Stage |
Boodlum Band | The Bar Stage |
Blackbeard's Tea Party | Festival Dance House |
The Committee Band | Festival Dance House |
Blowzabella | Festival Dance House |
Peeping Tom | Festival Dance House |
King Kontra | Festival Dance House |
Blackbeard's Tea Party | Venue 65 |
The Shires | Venue 65 |
Blair Dunlop | Venue 65 |
Blowzabella | Venue 65 |
Harry Pane | Venue 65 |
Frumptarn Guggenband | Market Square |
The Chipolatas | Market Square |
Imar | The Big Club |
Peter Knight & John Spiers | The Big Club |
Roy Bailey | The Big Club |
Lady Maisery | The Big Club |
All About Children's Choir | The Big Club |
INLAY | The Big Club |
A Little Bit Country | The Bar Stage |
Andy Robbins | The Bar Stage |
Harry Pane | The Bar Stage |
Rob Murch & Michelle Holding | The Bar Stage |
Pon Aelius | The Bar Stage |
Blue Jay | The Bar Stage |
Ramona Rose | The Bar Stage |
Polkaworks | Festival Dance House |
Last Chance Ragtime Band | Festival Dance House |
Frog on a Bike | Festival Dance House |
The Valiant Dance Band | Festival Dance House |
Artist | Stage | Day |
2am Band | The Bar Stage | Sat 25th |
A Little Bit Country | The Bar Stage | Mon 27th |
Alice Florence and the Vines | The Bar Stage | Sun 26th |
All About Children's Choir | The Big Club | Mon 27th |
Andy Robbins | The Bar Stage | Mon 27th |
Bella Gaffney & Polly Bolton | The Big Club | Sat 25th |
Bella Gaffney & Polly Bolton | The Bar Stage | Sun 26th |
Beth Orton | Venue 65 | Sun 26th |
Big Country | Venue 65 | Sat 25th |
Billy Watman | Venue 65 | Fri 24th |
Blackbeard's Tea Party | Festival Dance House | Sun 26th |
Blackbeard's Tea Party | Venue 65 | Mon 27th |
Blair Dunlop | Venue 65 | Mon 27th |
Blowzabella | Festival Dance House | Sun 26th |
Blowzabella | Venue 65 | Mon 27th |
Blue Jay | The Bar Stage | Mon 27th |
Boodlum Band | The Bar Stage | Sun 26th |
Bristol Ceilidh Quartet | Festival Dance House | Fri 24th |
C.C. Smugglers | Venue 65 | Fri 24th |
CELTIC HEARTBEAT | The Bar Stage | Sun 26th |
Chris While and Julie Matthews | The Big Club | Sun 26th |
Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne | The Big Club | Fri 24th |
Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne | The Big Club | Sat 25th |
Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne | The Bar Stage | Sat 25th |
Daphne's Flight | The Big Club | Sat 25th |
Dartmoor Pixie Band | Festival Dance House | Fri 24th |
Dung Beatles | The Bar Stage | Sun 26th |
Elemental Joe | The Bar Stage | Sun 26th |
Faustus | The Big Club | Fri 24th |
Faustus | Venue 65 | Sat 25th |
Forest Of Fools | The Bar Stage | Fri 24th |
Frog on a Bike | Festival Dance House | Sat 25th |
Frog on a Bike | Festival Dance House | Mon 27th |
Frumptarn Guggenband | Market Square | Sat 25th |
Frumptarn Guggenband | Market Square | Sun 26th |
Frumptarn Guggenband | Market Square | Mon 27th |
Great Western Tears | The Bar Stage | Sat 25th |
Harry Pane | Venue 65 | Mon 27th |
Harry Pane | The Bar Stage | Mon 27th |
honeyfeet | Venue 65 | Fri 24th |
Imar | The Big Club | Mon 27th |
INLAY | Venue 65 | Sun 26th |
INLAY | The Big Club | Mon 27th |
JigDoll Ensemble | The Big Club | Sun 26th |
Jim Woodland | The Big Club | Sun 26th |
John Buckley | The Bar Stage | Fri 24th |
King Kontra | Festival Dance House | Sun 26th |
Lady Maisery | The Big Club | Mon 27th |
Last Chance Ragtime Band | Festival Dance House | Mon 27th |
Louis Louis Louis | Festival Dance House | Fri 24th |
Louis Louis Louis | The Bar Stage | Fri 24th |
Martin Joseph | Venue 65 | Sun 26th |
Martin Simpson | The Big Club | Sat 25th |
Mera Royle | The Big Club | Sat 25th |
Moonrakers | The Bar Stage | Sat 25th |
Peeping Tom | Festival Dance House | Sun 26th |
Peter Knight & John Spiers | The Big Club | Mon 27th |
Pink Weasel Big Band | Festival Dance House | Sat 25th |
Polkaworks | Festival Dance House | Mon 27th |
Pon Aelius | The Big Club | Fri 24th |
Pon Aelius | Venue 65 | Sat 25th |
Pon Aelius | The Bar Stage | Mon 27th |
Ponderosa | The Bar Stage | Fri 24th |
Prog Floyd | The Bar Stage | Fri 24th |
Ramona Rose | The Bar Stage | Mon 27th |
Reg Meuross | The Big Club | Fri 24th |
Richard Thompson Electric Trio | Venue 65 | Fri 24th |
Rob Murch & Michelle Holding | The Bar Stage | Mon 27th |
Roy Bailey | The Big Club | Mon 27th |
Sharon Shannon Band | Venue 65 | Fri 24th |
Soothsayers | Festival Dance House | Sat 25th |
Steve Turner | The Big Club | Sun 26th |
Tankus The Henge | Venue 65 | Sun 26th |
Thame Pop Choir | Market Square | Sat 25th |
The August List | The Bar Stage | Sat 25th |
The Boutones | The Bar Stage | Fri 24th |
The Brickwork Lizards | Venue 65 | Sat 25th |
The Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band | Venue 65 | Sun 26th |
The Chipolatas | The Big Club | Sun 26th |
The Chipolatas | Market Square | Mon 27th |
The Committee Band | Festival Dance House | Sun 26th |
The Fisherman's Friends | Venue 65 | Sun 26th |
The Proclaimers | Venue 65 | Sat 25th |
The Rheingans Sisters | The Big Club | Sun 26th |
The Shires | Venue 65 | Mon 27th |
The Valiant Dance Band | Festival Dance House | Mon 27th |
The Very Lazy Sundays | The Bar Stage | Sun 26th |
Tickled Pink | Festival Dance House | Sat 25th |
Urban Folk Theory | Festival Dance House | Fri 24th |
Van Susans | The Bar Stage | Fri 24th |
Whapweasel | Festival Dance House | Sat 25th |
Whapweasel | The Big Club | Sun 26th |
Whetstone Brinsford Kirkpatrick | The Big Club | Fri 24th |
Wildwood Kin | Venue 65 | Fri 24th |
Wilford Social | The Bar Stage | Sat 25th |
William The Conqueror | Venue 65 | Sat 25th |
William The Conqueror | The Bar Stage | Sat 25th |
Name | Star | Distance | Prices From | |
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The Spread Eagle Hotel - Thame | 1.2 ml | £79.00 | Book | |
The Oxfordshire Hotel & Spa | 1.3 ml | £89.10 | Book | |
The Oxford Belfry - QHotels | 3.4 ml | £71.40 | Book | |
Peacock Hotel | 3.5 ml | £130.00 | Book | |
The Lambert Arms (J6 M40) | 3.8 ml | £53.10 | Book | |
The Mole & Chicken | 4.0 ml | £85.00 | Book | |
Ramada Oxford | 5.1 ml | £35.00 | Book | |
The Red Lion at Longwick | 5.2 ml | £49.00 | Book | |
Fox Country Inn Junction 5 M40 | 5.8 ml | £55.00 | Book | |
Common Leys Farm | 6.1 ml | £50.00 | Book | |
The Kings Hotel | 6.4 ml | £65.00 | Book | |
Greenhills Garden Apartment | 7.2 ml | £85.00 | Book | |
Crazy Bear Hotel | 7.3 ml | £199.00 | Book | |
The Coach & Horses Inn | 7.7 ml | £68.00 | Book | |
Tree at Cadmore End | 8.1 ml | £75.00 | Book |
Towersey, Thame, Oxon, OX93QF